diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 8a082bc6bca5..e4d44bd7df27 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ extern unsigned long __copy_in_user_inatomic(
 static inline unsigned long __must_check
 __copy_in_user(void __user *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 {
-	might_sleep();
+	might_fault();
 	return __copy_in_user_inatomic(to, from, n);
 }